Make an impact at Canada’s premier mining company.

When you advance your career at New Gold, you are joining a Canadian-focused intermediate gold mining company engaged in the operation, development and exploration of mineral properties. Our mission is be a leading intermediate gold producer, driving responsible and profitable mining in a way that creates sustainable value for our employee, shareholders, the communities in which we live and work and our environment. New Gold would like to acknowledge the lands and resources of the Treaty 3 Territory and respect the traditional values of our First Nation partners. To learn more about New Gold, visit our website at www.newgold.com. To learn more about our culture and people practices, visit the Career page.

New Gold attracts and hires highly skilled individuals. By joining our team, you can look forward to:

• A stimulating values-based work environment

• A culture of collaboration and inclusion

• Inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders

• Career development opportunities

• A deeply rooted commitment to responsible mining, health and safety and community engagement

• A competitive total compensation program

• A comprehensive benefits package including a retirement savings plan

Rainy River Mine
Situated in beautiful northwestern Ontario, 65 km northwest of Fort Frances, the Rainy River Mine is an open pit, gold and silver producing, residential mine site.

The Rainy River Mine, located adjacent to the Ontario / Minnesota border is 65 Kilometers northwest of Fort Frances, Ontario and is situated half way between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Thunder Bay, Ontario The area is home to more than 130 species of birds and large populations of moose, black bear and deer. If you enjoy outdoor activities including hunting, fishing, winter sports and lake country then this is an area you will love to live and work in.

About The Role

Schedule: 14 on/14 off -12-hour days

Position Reports To: Chief Engineer

Position Overview:

The Senior Underground Mine Technician is responsible for leading the site’s ventilation and survey team, ensuring the safe, efficient, and accurate collection and maintenance of mine survey and ventilation data. This role provides technical leadership, oversees day-to-day field activities of technicians, maintains ventilation models, and ensures all regulatory and operational requirements are met. The incumbent will play a key role in mentoring technical staff, maintaining data integrity, and supporting mine planning and engineering functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain mine site Ventsim models, complete ventilation design packages, and troubleshoot ventilation system issues.
• Develop the 24-month mine ventilation plan and include required construction in the mine plan to reduce potential impact to production.
• Support the Life of Mine planning work through collection of data and identification of KPIs, trends and risks within the ventilation systems.
• Train ventilation staff and underground supervisors (and others) on correct use, care and calibration of measurement tools, as well as correct data collection techniques.
• Accompany ventilation planners executing regulatory ventilation data collection, per recommended schedule, to monitor procedures and quality of collection.
• Data collection and analysis, on a quarterly basis, to understand the efficiency and any changes that may be occurring within the ventilation system.
• Develop scopes of work, as assigned, that support changes to ventilation systems, and other varying projects.
• Ensure daily and weekly survey pickups are completed accurately and uploaded in a timely manner.
• Coordinate and review month-end survey activities, ensuring accurate reporting of mine progress and alignment with engineering and production records.
• Ensure survey databases maintenance, control networks, and instrument calibration and maintenance are being performed.
• Assist the Project Lead with engineering and project management on varying underground projects.
• Liaise with consultants to generate engineering design drawings.

Qualifications

• Preferably 5-7 years of experience working in an Underground mine

• Knowledge of Underground Mine ventilation systems, mine design and a high-level understanding of underground mining activities.

• Knowledge of and ability to use standard computer applications including, but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite, VentSim, and VNetPC.

• Experience with 3D mine design software (Deswik preferred)

• Project experience is considered an asset.

• Stong analytical, problem solvince, orgnizational and decision making abilities.

• Must possess effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making abilities

• Post-Secondary diploma in Mining Technology

• Possess an Ontario Underground Common Core

Why New Gold?

• Highly competitive base salary, and a quarterly incentive program

• Extended Health & Dental Benefit

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance benefit

• Defined match contribution to group registered retirement savings account Travel and camp provided

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process. New Gold does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a forma contractual arrangement with the Company. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by New Gold will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered.

Inclusion, Equal Opportunity, Accessibility

New Gold is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans’ status, Indigenous status or any other legally protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request.